Tag: theatre

Cirque Du Soleil’s AMALUNA is coming to the Philadelphia area for an engagement of forty mind blowing performances. AMALUNA will premiere on July 24, 2019 under the Big Top adjacent to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, minutes from the King of Prussia Mall. Written and directed by Tony Award-winning director, Diane Paulus, Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd production. AMALUNA is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and voice of women, and Artistic Director Fernand Rainville is the...

In classic putting-a-fire-out-with-gasoline fashion, a “family friendly” community theater halted production of the musical Big Fish after a dispute with the director over a scene featuring two gay dads as extras. Here’s how laughably innocuous director Nik Nemec’s intention was: During the song “Stronger,” the show’s protagonist, Will Bloom, delves into his relationship with his father as he faces becoming one himself. As part of the “bustling park scene,” Nemec decided to include two gay dads holding a baby. That is the extent...

Washington, D.C. police are investigating the attack of two gay men. Sunday morning, D.C. Council candidate Jamie Sycamore tweeted that two gay men were attacked in the 2000 block of 10th Street Northwest. “Last night two men were gaybashed outside the @HowardTheatre,” he tweeted. “Our country is in decline, and it’s time to start making change locally to ensure our #DCValues remain strong.” “As far as I know, they were walking and they started getting called names and they got attacked,” he...

An Alabama theatre owner is banning Disney’s new, live-action musical version of “Beauty and the Beast” because he doesn’t want to expose his customers to the new gay character in the film. “It is with great sorrow that I have to tell our customers that we will not be showing ‘Beauty and the Beast,'” read a message on the Facebook page of the Henagar Drive-In Theatre. “If we can not take our 11-year-old granddaughter and 8-year-old grandson to see a movie...

Say hello to our InstaFitty of the week, Jack Derges. The handsome actor is currently starring alongside Olivier Award-winner Mark Gatiss in Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking gay theatre show The Boys In The Band, but you might recognise him from his role as Andy Flynn in EastEnders. If you hadn’t already noticed, he’s got a great body… https://www.instagram.com/p/BH4eVtSh2Aa/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BITIrD7h4sh/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Ph6jTrwO72/ His love of dogs convinces us that he’s definitely boyfriend material. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI-ruGSh-BS/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BMOXDTzhTRQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BNmTqsnhprQ/ His fashion game is strong. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJd55bWBzTB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BF_WOJPwO1v/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BHmgQQIB8ZM/ And he’s definitely bringing some heat to The Boys In The Band, as...

On the six month anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Chaskis Theatre presents After Orlando — a global theatre action in response to the Florida attack. It’s a playwright-driven project comprising over seventy short pieces specifically written and curated by emerging and established international voices in theatre, including Neil Labute, Winter Miller and Anders Lustgarten. Chaskis Theatre present an evening of a selection of these powerful plays and poems, plus live music and special guests, in memory of the...

Best known for his role as Jon Snow on Game of Thrones, actor Kit Harrington has been getting fingers into a number of different pies. Apart from acting in movies, he performs on the theatrical stage. The actor took to the stage in the West End for a production of Doctor Faustus. We don't know what was this play about, but if anything gets us to sit down in a crowded space for a long time – it's his nudity! It's for the...